Online Exclusive: Readers' Choice 2012: Stuart Peck's Hiking Tips
Hiking tips from this region's top mapper, who has notched 20 bag nights and 200 trail miles in 9 states this year while scouting trails for BACKPACKER.
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Readers' Choice 2012: Top 3 – Northeast Hikes
The region's top map contributor—with 20 years of experience in the area—dishes tips for beating the crowds on her all-time favorite hikes.
Rip & Go: Little Lyford to Gorman Chairback – 100-Mile Wilderness, ME
Ski (or snowshoe) hut-to-hut in the East's wildest preserve.
Summer Camping Secrets: At the Stove
Bake without an oven! Build your own spice kit! A DIY guide to dining while summer camping.
Local Hikes: Midwest
Hike these long trails in Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Kansas, and Oklahoma, and head south to Texas to see Horned Lizards.
Hike. Pray. Protest.
Does God love camping? A new church movement foot-soldiered by wilderness-loving young people could transform the way conservative Christians perceive and protect the environment. We hit the trail with the new green evangelicals.
January 2011
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Readers' Choice 2011: America's Best Hikes
The undisputed local experts—you—chose the top parks, trails, campsites, and weekend getaways from Alaska to Alabama.
Trip Finder: Southeast
Your favorite Southeast trips—from dayhikes to weekenders to multiday trips.
January 2011 Table of Contents
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Trip Finder: Great Plains
Your favorite Great Plains hikes—from dayhikes to weekenders to multiday trips.
Best Hikes Ever: Burr Oak State Park, OH
Traverse rolling hills to star-gazing meadows.
Local Hikes: Manchester, NH
The best hikes near Manchester.
Local Hikes: Boston, MA
The best hikes near Boston.
The Peak: Mt. Mitchell
Enjoy solitude and fixed-rope scrambling on the East's highest mountain.
Local Hikes: Southeast
Climb to two killer views, see the South's best flowers, and hike to secluded falls. (Click linked trips for GPS waypoints, photos, and more.)
Rip & Go: Iron Mountain Loop – Mount Rogers National Recreation Area
Lose the leaf-peeping crowds on this quiet ramble above Virginia's loftiest canopies of color.
Gear Checklist: Great Smoky Mountains National Park
From the deep wooded hollows to the lofty Appalachian summits prepare for rain (Clingmans Dome, the park's high point, averages 85 inches each year), humidity, rapidly varying weather conditions, and lots of creek crossings. Here's what you'll need.
Party Peaks
Ten perfect summits for your next group hike
America's Newest Wilderness
A quick guide to the best acres, trails, and views.
Top Cities to Raise A…
Does your kid want to be an ice climber? How about a thru-hiker, or paddler? These cities have just what you need.
Sorry, Dad: Sunday Is Nude Hiking Day
Some hikers will ditch their clothes to celebrate the Summer Solstice this weekend
Memorial Day Musings
In which our author ponders computer tipping points, holiday swarming and cairn cluelessness
Spring Accident Season Cranks Up
It's all about falls from snow and rock
Moonshine and Star Charts
The Smokies get a little less wild, and we pass along astro-geek goodness
Bioluminescent Organisms: 3 Living Lights
According to folklore, the soft light emitted by bioluminescent organisms is magical. In reality, the eerie glow results from a chemical reaction–but it still looks enchanting on a moonless or cloudy night. Here's where to glimpse these living light bulbs.
Natural Born Killers: Top Backcountry Dangers
Which is the bigger backcountry threat, grizzlies or flash floods? Find out what should scare you–and how to survive it–with BACKPACKER's Terror Index.
Cold War: A Winter Traverse of New Hampshire's Presidential Range
Got guts? Good. Now learn what skills you'll need to bag America's Little Everest—a traverse of New Hampshire's Presidential Range—in winter.
June 2008
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June 2008 Table of Contents
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The CDT Project
We sent 209 readers out to GPS the Continental Divide Trail, the biggest, baddest long-distance path of them all. They brought back the makings of the first authoritative map of this American classic. These are their stories–and their favorite sections.
Trip Finder: Wildflowers
Trek the best spring blooms from the Ozarks to the Olympics with these two, three, and four day treks.
Fitness Advice from Top Outdoor Experts
For these three fitness gurus staying fit is a job requirement.
March 2008 Perfect System: East
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Top 3 Get-There-Fast Hikes
You can only get so far off the grid in a single day - that is, unless you take a shortcut into the mountains. Many ski resorts, including the three premier sites mentioned below, open a lift or two in summer and fall, offering an express route to places high and wild. There's no other way to get this deep into the woods this fast.
How to See More Golden Eagles
Find these hard-to-spot beauties on your next journey
The Impact of Climate Change on Florida's Everglades, Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias
What do Florida's Everglades and Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias have in common? Both face uncertain futures as temperatures rise.
How Climate Change is Affecting Our Alpine Environments
Thanks to melting ice and snow, climate change is effecting the future of our mountains
Green Guide Exclusive Online Materials
Information on 19 more "green" companies and an interview with Big Agnes's Bill Gamber
365 Days of Adventure
Traverse the Yukon Territory's Tombstone Range, sea kayak Baja, trek Torres del Paine, Patagnoia–all in 2008. Plus, monthly adventures closer to home.
Find a Hiking Partner
Keen on birds, peak bagging, or wildflowers? Here's how to join hikers who share your passions.
The Skills: Ultralight Backpacking or Bust
A 10-step ultralight backpacking plan that keeps pack weight under 15 pounds
Top 3 Winter Hut Treks
Trek into the wilderness but sleep in comfort with these hut treks
Top 3: Ridge Hikes
Live life on the edge as your dayhike three vertiginous ridges in Arizona, Vermont, and Colorado.
Top 3: Fishing-Hole Hikes
Classic hike-in spots in Wyoming, South Carolina, and Oregon let you ditch the trail mix for pan-fried fish.
Your Backwoods Pharmacy
When illness or injury strikes, the medicine you need is in the plants alongside the trail and at your feet.
Hiking North Carolina's Valley River Mountains
Sniff the rhododendrons and enjoy hiking the Valley Rim Trail in North Carolina's Valley River Mountains.
Mountains: The World At Your Feet
High above the trees you'll find the hike of your dreams: a ridgeline trail where your only companion is an occasional mountain goat.
Alabama's Talladega National Forest
A high point offering a year-round getaway for lovers of southern wildlife, lush forests, and redeye bass.
Maryland's Big Savage Mountain
Heavy forests and the roar of whitewater wait in this section of the Appalachian Mountains.
North Carolina's Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Trade your flip-flops for hiking boots and explore a seaside trail.
Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia
Classic eastern mountain scenery along West Virginia's skyline pathway.
White Mountains, New Hampshire
Sometimes walking "backward" is the only way to go in New Hampshire's White Mountains.
Muddy Love In Shenandoah
All along the 23-mile Shenandoah Mountain trail and in the forested areas throughout the Appalachian Mountains, vernal pools are rich aquatic breeding grounds.
Eye To Eye With Raptors
Eyeball to beak with impressively taloned hawks in West Virginia's Monongahela National Forest.
New Hampshire: Pop Goes The Forest
You can spend days exploring the Dry River Valley forest without seeing another soul, even if it sounds like you're being chased by a well-armed militia.
The Faces Of Fall
If you think autumn is simply a time to rake leaves, then you need to read our guide to the best of the fall season.
Tennessee/Georgia's Big Frog Wilderness
Why choose between breezy peaks and cool streams when you can have both at Big Frog Wilderness?
New Hampshire's Carter Dome
A hike up New Hampshire's Carter Dome has it all -- mountains, forests, water, views, solitude, and even a little challenge.
Sheer Beauty: North Carolina's Linville Gorge
Drop off the lip of Linville Gorge into a world of rock escarpments, deep forests, and whitewater.
New Hampshire's Baldface Range
Baldface Range's icy swimming holes and heights will get any hiker worked up.
South Carolina's Blue Wall
South Carolina: A wealth of waterfalls and world-class swimming.
Gall Wasps In Trees
What makes those golf-ball-size lumps on trees? A tiny wasp with a lot of nerve.